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/ shIog ! :. ~ an
I have not heard sound Let me look
at the notes that have produced such Won
derful emotion"
He took the paper in his hands, his eyes
grew dim, his breath shorter, then he
dropped the music, and he too burst into a
food of tears
These peasants had been playing "The
AllegrettO of Beethoven's SYMPHONY in
A." The curiosity of the whole family
was now aroused at this unlocked for de-
monstration, and all gathered around him.
For some minutes his sobs prevented his
utterance, then raising his head he said,
modestly ~ am Beethoven !"
The old father made him accept his own
bed, but poor Beethoven in the night, be-
coming feverish and restless, rose to take
the air, and went forth from the dwelling
with bare feet. The winds were sighting
through the branches of the trees and
moaned along the avenues of the wood.
Beethoven wandered about till early morn
ing, when he returned to the house, not
knowing whittier he had gone He had
been seized with severe chill, and his
,,,;nd 1,.oe olraadxy ,.yopdor;no rVbo LII
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pS SHARRER BROS, 9a
Wantz Building,
Main Street, Near Depot,

WESTMINSTER, MD.
april9 If
DRY GOODS,
SILKS, LACES, VELVETS,
DRESS GOODS, LINENS,
Flannels, Blankets, Domestic Cottons
WHITE GOODS, PRINTS,
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lhe city.
|of revolution
ffoSl ding year the
Bastille ", Europe, re-
darkness, the piS0ners were restored to the
light of day. l was before the gates as
the mob of women and of men perpetrated
that wonderful and surprising deed, and
never did witness a multitude that dis
played such vivid resolution and such
united action. But a glance at the
mass of upturned and repulsive faces
showed the danger of trifing with people
who regarded no sacrifice of human life
too great for the accomplishment Of their
purpose.
at was shortly after such an event that,
walking with fellow-student near the place
of Versailles, carriage passed us on the
road to Paris. The vehicle was occupied
by an aged man and girl, who must have
been but twenty years old. 1t was in the
springtime, and the woods were white with
blossoms, and the cottages filled with the
scent of the May flowers; and as the car
riage came slowly along the hard road from
a chateau that stood upon neighboring
bill, I felt that one occupant of it at least
was worthy of the glorious picture that
nature unfolded around us. All, Marie
how can l find words to speak of you :?
Grandson, it is enough to say that since
that hour her face has been before me day
and night, sleeping and waking, in pros
peFlty OF misfortune, Everywhere | look
l see those eyes of hers speaking to me,
those hands lifted in pleading, her lips
moving as she bids me to her side, and I
cannot stir"
The VOICE Of the old man sank lnw the
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=. 1nu the green
! swa3ls, aud cne golden valleys, where in
Amending bliss the good had gained their
reward; while on mine, the black-chasms
where the cries of the wrongdoers echoed
from rock, and where spirit of evil de-
descended upon ALL crushed the vision,
and all the next day lay upon my bed
awaiting the coming morn. The night
seemed endless; was afraid in the dark
ness The low roar from the city ceased;
Paris was sleeping. At every sound [
started, and from fitful doze awoke, and
trembled as the white light from the moon
fell upon my bed and cast heavy shadows
upon the panelled walls. could sleep no
more, but watched the day breaking over
the spires and domes. Cold and gray, the
light struck the roofs; workman passed
on his way to his daily labor, few carts
rumbled on the pavement; the sun rose, a
golden orb in setting of mist. 1t was
day.
81 opened my door and breathed the
fresh morning air; but walked as one that
is guilty, and felt ashamed as stood in
this great purity of nature. By and by
the streets filled; the citizens, laughing and
wishing 'good-day, were mostly walking to
one spot An irresistible impulse drew me
thither. 1t was to the Champde-Mars,
where the guilIotine stood. can see it all
again, ay, so wildly, for the scene has
never left me day or night. 1t my retri-
button. A great crowd had assembled
there-a sea of faces, diabolical, fierce,
making merry with death. From their
midst, on a platform, rose tall, dark OBJ
iect, that chilled me as saw tit was the
guillotine.
"Then, and not till then, did realize
my crime, and with returning reason |
10 1rior, MI, IiHn 70, hnuo
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= ,he little chapel she cohfesyeo no
felI to me. Her father, blind to every.
thing ASound him but his own interests,
had. AL the fashion of his countrymen,
entered in negotiations for the barter of
his daughter with an old and fiuent mem
Der of one of tRc9Sbie houses of France.
l said nothing, but loving her, went home
to think. As | passed through the vii
lage, the peasants, many of them halfnak-
ed, all of them wanting bread, were gath
ed around a speaker, who, in fiery terms,
exhorted them to break the chains of des-
potism that bound them and to establish
the new order. They banned Inc as | passed
through their midst, for | was from the
chateau, In the words addressed to Louis
the King, lit was no longer a revolt in
France, it was revolution That night,
when 1 arrived at my lonely rooms and lay
down to rest, Louis XVI. had left Paris
and was on the road to St. Menehould.
When he was brought back, and the citi-
zens received him in silence, foresaw that
crisis was rapidly approaching, and de-
Lerllneu W Iudhe dI ledsI One eIorI u se-
cure the hand of the woman l loved. l
would go boldly to her father and state my
wishes. He received me with his usual
courtesy, treated my request with the most
business.like air, refused me with smile,
regretted that other arrangements had been
made.
"What could do? Pleading with such
man would not have recompensed the
loss of dignity entailed. was dumb be-
fore him; but my brain reeled under the
blow; aud as I lett the chateau and the
great gates closed behind me, it seemed that
my life had been left in that mass of stone
and brick that stood over the village.
Along the roadside, the ragged peasants
gathered the harvest. | envied them their
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HedVIUT Iedugedr Ilan INC mOuern dWelIers
in cities, without the same tendency to bald
ness. Nor are the heavy fur coverings Of
Northarn raoac innomnof;hla 1v;tI l,,,,.,,-;o,,t
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Paris-of spectacles there ~
the courage of stoutest hearts, Or
and men dying at the hands of fanatical
Republicans, of little children falling in the
widespread sacrifce-all these led me to be-
leve that it was in Paris that my grand
father had spent his early years, with Paris
and with the past that his secret lay. More
| knew not; more | dared not ask; for was
always i'll at ease in the company of this
strange old man, whose very eccentricities
repealed the least advance.
Would he eyer tell me more? was the
question I asked myself that night; and as
l watched the quivering lip aDd the trem-
bling eyes, and heard from time to time
the muttered prayer, l felt that his secret
would perish with him. But l was mis-
taken, for suddenly he turned his chair from
the fire, and clutching the arms of it as if
with determined purpose, he began to speak
in low and solemn voice. In minute
learned that the time had come; the mys-
terry would be hidden no longer
"Grandson," he said, "it comes to every
man at certain season to know that the
cpd of his life is not far distant, that the
day is approaching when he must face his
Maker. When such season is come to q
man, it behooves him to think of those who
will inherit his possessions when he is gone.
1 have thought over that difficult question,
and l have made my decision. You are
my only relative; you will inherit such pro-
perty as | possess; but more than this, you
will learn nov from me that which no
doubt has often troubled you, the secret Of,
an old mans life. 1t has not escaped you,
this weight that lies upon my soul and
threatens to crush it Others have often
questioned ME; an idle curiosity prompted
tln,,, do ~, ,,n,, hn1ro .hnmn rrl,,,r sor,So
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ths6 vs.
ere able to say
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-01-07

the smoker on the Baltimore and
Ohio train about three seats from
the front stove. He felt the shock
when the engines came together as
if he had been struck in the back,
and saw two persons shoot upward
nearly to the top Of the coach.
Then began II horrible crunching,
and the baggage car came INTO the
smoker through the end. lie was
caught between the seats. aud
within minute fire vas raging all
around him. He made fearful
effort, and broke a seat and got
out through a window. lie saws
he saw two men crushed, and heard
their shricks as the flames began
to pOur out from the dry material.
Tohill's hair and wbiskers are all
burned off and his shoulder dislO-
Gated. The skin has all slipped
from his face and scalp. John
Gates. the baggageman, was seated
inst in front of Tohill. He says at
the first shock he was thrown up
ward by the bending Of the floor.
The next moment he was carried
back over the top ofthe seats along
with the debris and passed over
men who were being ground to a
pulp by the portion of the baggage
car which was sliding into and
above the floor Of the smoker.
Gates is terribly cut about the
ankles. ne got ouC Of a window.
He was sent to his home at New.
ark. ..
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BIaIns's Projected Trip 10 Ireland.

Washington Special TO Pittsburg Press.
Mr. Blaine will not return to
Washington this winter. He eX-
poets to remain in Augusta until
the spring at least. He finds the
quiet and seclusion of that place
very restful to him after the long
years Of political excitement at the
national capital. Moreover, he is
gathering material for a history OF
the war of 1872. The data are
nearly all in hand, and it is prOba-
bic the opening chapters will he
written immediately after the hOli-
days. Mr.. Blame will 20 to Europe
next autumn. He will be the guest
of distinguished men Of Great Brit
ain and on the Continent. He will
spend the major portion of his
time in France, Germany and Ire
land. 1t is expected by his friends
that his presence in Ireland will
create a great furOre, The effect
of this upon the Irish race in
America, it is thought, will be to
add greatly to Mr.. BIalne's popu-
larity with them. In Germany he
is expected to make friends, bnt
his piece DE resistance will be his
visit to Ireland. The present pro-
gramme is for him to return TO the
United States about sixty days
prior to the meeting OF the next
Republican convention.
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Very soon, possibly next week,
the HERALD will contain a full re-
cital of all the "fdcts7 which led up
to E. d. Newman's application for
a receivership. The time will de-
pend upon the decision ofthe court
for which the HERALD cares not a
farthing beyond obeying theeOUrts
ediet. But it will be many years
before Il. u. Newman shall have
opportunity to injure the HERALD
as he helped to do everything he
has touched from the foundry to
the bank. His skill IN the news
paper business is shown by his pur-
chase Of the VirgiaiaR at $1,000, and
after less than a years manage
ment selling it for $500; and then
gives $4,000 for a third interest in
the HERALD, which he can neither
edit nor control.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-01-07
A FODLORN HOPE.
A NEW PHASE IN THE CLUVERIUS
CASE.
From tho Richmond State, ill.,

From the Richmond state, It'll.
The State announced yesterday
that Capt. John S. Wise had visit
ed Thomas j. Cluverius, the con.
demned man, but that he had de-
cllned to say what was the object
of his visit-wbether professional
or not. 1t seems to be the impress
sion that further effort will be
made to save Cluverius's life, by
attempting to get the case before
the Unlted States court on a writ
of habedS corpus, on the ground that
the prisoner has not had "A fair and
impartial trial, which is guaranteed
to every citizen of the United States
under the Constitution.
The alleged unfairness is that
three OF the jurors who served on
the case have avOwed that they
would have rendered a different
verdict if they had known they
could have done so under the rul-
ingS OF the lower court.
Mr.. Willie CluverluS was seen to-
day in reference to this matter. lie
SAID that if such step was thought
of he had not heard anything about
it.
In the Jeter Phillips case fOur
days previous to that fixed for his
execution his counsel applied to
Judge Underwood, Of the United
States District Court for writ Of
hdbcdS corpus, on the grounds that
three of the Judges Of the Supreme
Court of Appeals were disqualified
to act under the third section Of
THE Fourteenth Constitutional
amendment. The writ was grant
ed, aud made returnable on the 9th
Of February. On Thursday, De-
cember 10th, the sheriff Of llenrico
county announced his determine
ton to hang Philips the next day,
Notwithstanding the writ. Gov.
Wells granted respite to the 18th
of February, which gave the priS-
oner one month longer to live.
This was not the first case in
which convicted criminals who had
been sentenced in the State courts
were taken before the United States
Court on wrts Of hdbedS corpus
granted by Judge Underwood. The
first case was Caesar Griffin and
the second was Sally Anderson, the
persons in both instances being ne
grOes. Caesar Griffin had been
convicted of murder in the Circuit
Court of Rockbridge county and
sentenced to term of years in the
penltentiary. Sally Anderson in
March. 1865, set fire to and burned
down the fine residence, near Rich
mond, of Mr.. Richard Magruder.-
She also attempted to burn Mrs.
Magrnder's child to death. For
these offences she was tried aud
sentenced to be hanged. Her coun-
sci applied to Judge Underwood
for writ Of habeds corpus on the
grounds that the Judge Of the Hen.
rico County Court was disqualified
under the Fourteenth Amendment,
which was granted and the con-
demned woman was discharged.
1t seems to be the general i'm
preston that Cluyerlus will be
executed Friday the l4th.
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NATIONAL CAPITOL NOTES.
ITEMS OF INTEREST IN AND AROUND
THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.

ITEMS OF INTEREST IN AND AROUND
THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.
Especial Correspondence Of the Alexandria
Gazette
WASHINGTON, ID. c., Dec. 3d.
Mr. Patton, a member OF the Nlr.
ginia Legislature, who is now in
the city, says the general impress.
sion in his state is that an extra
session of the Legislature viii meet
about the first week in February,
as it is supposed that the report OF
the commission appointed to revise
tue Code will be ready at that time.
lie also says the probability is that
if the debt question be acted upon,
such action will be intended to en-
force the provisions of the Riddle
berger bill, as the country members
seem opposed to a settlement OF the
debt upon any other terms than
those of that bill. He says he thinks
Cluverius will be hanged, and
should be, as his case has been fair
~ tried and had every advantage
that the law allowed.
Gen. w III. Payne, Of Warren
ton, being asked what he thought
about the proposed extra session OF
the Legislature of his state, said he
had hoped it would not be called,
but that as it appeared it would be,
the best thing 1t could do would be
to adjourn q. d. r., as he feared If
it should attempt to act on the debt
question 1t would carry reputation
further than il has already gone.
Judge Keith, Of the same town
and state, in reply to a similar qucS-
ton, said that while, as he under
stood, the bondhOlders' present
proposition to the state was even
more favorable TO the state than
was the Barbour bill. which the
state proposed to the bondholders.
inasmuch as the former provides
for an interchangeable amount Of sur
plus at tax rate of forty cents on
The hundred dollars, the latter pro.
vided tor an increasing amount of
surplus at a tax rate of fifty cents,
still he thought 1t would be the
wiser course not to attempt any
change in the Riddleberger settle
.ment. He said that Malone had
10000 votes at his command, and
that if the democrats should at
tempt to carry reputation any
farther the General would throw
them against it, and on such an is
sue would carry many debt paying
Democrats with him, while if they
should attempt a compromise on
terms more acceptable to the cred
itors, he would throw them against
that measure, and would then car.
~ with him many Readjuster Dem
ocrats. He therefore thought it
would be better to stand by the
| Riddleberger bill, especially as the
state had by no means exhausted
her resources in respect Of the en-
iOrcement of that bill.
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WHAT NEXT ?"

From the Lynohburg Advance
The debt and coupon question in
Virginia is assuming extraordinary
proportions, and, we are sorry to
say, very serious complications.
The views of this newspaper have
been distinctly defined, and arc
we'll known on the subject. We
think we should adhere to the
terms of the RiddleDerger bill, and
force an adjustment upon those
conditions or their equivalent,
whether it be satisfactory to the
United states courts, which have
nothing properly to do with it or
otherwise.
But the recent arbitrary decisions
of some of those courts places the
matter in more grave and difficult
aspect than it was ever expected
to assume, and promises to produce
conflict between State officers
and the federal courts, the result OF
which it is difficult to clearly fore
see. This collision is fOrclbly stat
ed by the Richmond state ofyester-
day, and can be read with interest
by our people as follows:
WHAT NEXT?
Morton Marye, Auditor; F. G.
Rufiin, Second Auditor; a. w.
Hartman, Jr., Treasurer II. w.
Flournoy, Secretary Of State, and
II. A. Ayers, Attorney General,
have been commanded to appear
before the judges Of the Circuit
Court Of the United States for the
Eastern District Of Virginia to
answer the bill Of complaint of
Herman Stump, trustee, "then and
there to receive and abide by such
Judgment and decree as shall then
or thereafter be made, upon pain OF
Judgment being pronounced
against them "by default" Sup
pose that these loyal officers Of a
sovereign State cannot humbly
bow to the judgment and decree OF
a usurping court without violating
their obligation to the State. Sup
pose that they continue to carry
out the will OF the people Of Vir-
ginia as expressed through their
representatives in Legislature as
sembled and refuse to open the
gates of the State to judicial inva-
sion. What will be the penalty
VIII they be sent to prison, per
secuted for their patriotism, and
punished for their pride in faith
fully serving their people? Let the
worst come, and these true public
servants will never lalter in their
duty. No threat can frlghten, no
danger can turn them from their
patriotic purpose. Questions OF
percentage dwindles in comparison
with the sovereignty Of State as
sailed and outraged. How much
longer is Virginia to he made the
play.thing of the federal courts
How much longer are the officers
of the State to be harassed, men
aced aud sued in the courts upon
the plea that to sue an officer OF
the State engaged in carrying ont
the laws of the State is not to sue
the State itself. 1t is fortunate for
Virginia that the interests OF her
people are guarded by men who
dare do their duty without fear OF
consequence.
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A dancing party was given neaI

A dancing party was given near
Caperton, w. Va, on Christmas
night, during the course OF which
fight was gotten up, and razors.
pistols and other weapons played
an important part. a telegram to
the Richmond Dispatch says, "when
quiet was restored,it was found that
Elijah Gilbert was dead, with six
bullets in him John Land had his
throat cut; Willis Hall was stab
bed fatally in the abdomen Geo.
Gilbert had been shot and Instant
" killed; John Montgomery was
horribly cut in the neck ,Eand Mike
Donohue was wounded in the foot.
The wounded made their escape
before the officers arrived on the
scene. All were single men except
Geo. Gilbert, who leaves a wife
and one child. There is great ex.
citement along New river, and
should any Of the guilty ones be
captured they would be lyncbed.
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EniDOrlaIll.

When you visit or leave New York City,
save Baggage Expres>agc and Carriage
Hire and stop at the Grand Union Hotel,
opposite Grand Central Depot
Elegant rooms fitted up at a cost of one
million dollars, reduced 10 Sl.OO and up
wards perday. Europeanplan. Elevator.
Restaurant supplied with the best. Horse
cars, stages and elevated railroad to all
depots. Families can live better for less
money at the Grand Union Hotel than at
any other first-class hotel in the city.
aprl9-ly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-01-07

Few persons have any conception
of the great amounts lost yearly
through fires. In December last
the total loss in the United States
aud Canada was over eleven mil.
lions, and in the year 1856 the ag-
gregate was $4,000, 900. If it
could only be shown exactly how
much of this was due to careless.
ness, and a tabulated statement
made of the losses attributable to
defective flues, to playing with
matches or leaving them unguard-
ed, to burning cigar ends, and to
stoves left open at night, its publ
cation might have good effect in
impressing the thoughtless aud
reckless with the need for greater
watchfnlness and care.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-01-07

\ girl named Taylor, 10 years of
age, living near Grayson Sulphur
Springs, Grayson County, Virginia,
was engaged to marry all English
man named Budd, who was stop.
pilg at the springs. The time was
fixed for the marriage ana al prepa-
ratiOns made when the girl chang
ed her mind and refused to marry
him. The Englishman applied to
Squires Alley and Frost for a war
rant to arrest the girl. They is
sued it, and she was brought before
them to answer the charges PIE
ferred, whatever they were. She
refused to comply, but the Justice
Insisted that she must keep her
promise or 20 to prison. The
frightened girl finally consented,
and the ceremony was quickly per
formed. Intense excitement exists
in the neighborhood since the facts
leaked out